Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon X Elite processor in October 2023, with exciting plans for it to power upcoming Windows laptops in 2024. This processor boasts the custom-designed Qualcomm Oryon CPU, promising superior performance compared to its rivals.
However, recent benchmarks of a Lenovo laptop featuring this chip reveal performance scores that don't quite meet Qualcomm’s initial claims. In the Geekbench 6.2 tests, the Snapdragon X Elite scored 1,628 points in single-core performance and 11,392 points in multi-core. These scores fall short of Qualcomm’s own benchmark results (2,777/14,056 at 23 Watts, 2,966/15,239 at 80 Watts).
Although the specific wattage at which this chip operates isn’t specified, the configuration confirms an 8+4 CPU core setup. The cause of this underperformance isn’t entirely clear, but the benchmark results hint at inconsistent clock speeds, suggesting that the chip might be a pre-production sample in need of optimization.
In separate tests where the chip was evaluated individually, it performed better, achieving a single-core score of 2,574 and a multi-core score of 12,562. This indicates that the Lenovo laptop used for the initial benchmarks may require further optimization.
Additionally, the tested Lenovo laptop features an unnamed Adreno GPU, which also showed subpar performance in benchmarks, likely due to the pre-production state of the chip. The GPU scored just 10 points in the Geekbench OpenCL benchmark.
Equipped with 32GB of RAM and running on a Windows 11 Pro Insider Preview build, the laptop holds promise for leveraging the Snapdragon X Elite. However, the initial benchmark results suggest that Qualcomm has some optimization work to do before the chip is fully ready for market release.